Early Modern Age

Precedents

• At the end of the Middle Age, several inventions appeared and the new discoveries opened the mind of the people from the Middle Ages

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAMqKUimr8

The Early Modern Age

• It begin with the fall of Constantinople (that will be in Ottoman’s hands until the IWW

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH-E9uH1nYs• What significance did this city have for Christian Europe?• What were the political and economic consequences of its

fall?

Economic transformation • Agriculture

Increase in agricultural

production• Three-field system

Agriculture

• Agriculture and livestock farming continue toe be the main source of economic activity

•Societies were vulnerable WHY?

Bad Harves

ts Decrease in

agricultural

production

Less and lower quality

food available

Consequences

Hunger and

disease

Higher mortality rate

Decrease in

population

Smaller workfor

ce

Trade

• Intensified Commercial activity, that resulted in a surplus in production which was sold in the city markets.

• Merchants and traders established trade routes over land and sea

Trade

• Expansion of the craftmanship: products were made in workshops and controled by guilds.

Trade

• A new production system was creatred: THE DOMESTIC SYSTEM

Trade

• New products were brought to Europe. • Development od mercantile capitalism

Banking

• Economic growth resulted in the development of banking.• Banks provide loans

• They created the bill of exchange

Society

Feudal monarchy

• During the Middle Ages, the King was the first among equals.

• He needed the help of the nobles who swore loyalty pacts

Modern State

• During the early Modern Age, monarchs had more resources due to the comercial profits, the growth in agricultural production and the proceed from taxes

• They wanted more power and to control nobility

Modern State

• Monarchs’ measures:• To form powerful armies• To créate a strong bureaucracy• Centralise the power • To have a permanent court• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyUlWQvlLI

Humanism

• Inspiration in Greece and Rome (philosophy, art, culture)• Anthropocentrism• Optimism and creativity• Desire of knowledge (Renaissance Man)• Critical thinking (scientific method: reason, research and

experimentation)• Use of vernacular languages (French, Italian and Spanish)

Renaissance

Painting and Sculpture